Connecticut

Conn. Gen. Stat. §29-35(a)(2) makes it illegal to 'knowingly carry any firearm with intent to display' it in public (narrow exceptions for one's own home/land/business, hunting, and training). This ban applies even to state pistol permit holders. Effective Oct 1, 2023 — a genuinely recent, easy-to-miss change from the prior baseline where a permit at least made open carry a gray area.

No Connecticut statute prohibits firearms in places of worship specifically; a pistol permit does not override a property owner's (including a church's) right to exclude carriers.

I found no Connecticut statute restricting pistol-permit carry in restaurants or bars by location; Connecticut's permit statute (Gen. Stat. § 29-28) does not address it. I could not, however, confirm a clean absence-of-restriction through an official state source in the time available, so this is marked conditional rather than a confirmed yes.

Connecticut's boating statutes (Gen. Stat. Chapter 268) contain no firearm restriction, and a valid CT pistol permit is generally usable statewide. However, Connecticut passed a significant post-Bruen firearms law in 2023 (PA 23-53) that added new locational restrictions, and I could not confirm within this research whether that expansion reaches state parks or the many CT lakes/reservoirs (e.g., Candlewood Lake) that sit on state park land — so I can't give a confident blanket yes.

Connecticut pistol-permit statutes (e.g., CGS §29-28) say a permit does not authorize carrying wherever possession is 'otherwise prohibited by law,' but after real effort I could not locate a specific Connecticut criminal statute that itself flatly bans permit holders from courthouses or general government buildings the way most other states do. Enforcement in practice appears to rest on judicial-branch security screening and individual agency policy rather than a codified place-restriction law. I would not present a yes/no for CT as confirmed without a clearer primary-source statute.

Connecticut has no statute on point; each public/private institution decides. As of April 2024 no Connecticut college or university (including UConn) permitted concealed carry on campus.

Could not obtain a direct, specific statutory or official confirmation this session (Connecticut DESPP and CGA pages were unreachable). Based on general legal knowledge Connecticut follows the ordinary opt-out/trespass model (no known 'affirmative consent' statute akin to NY/NJ/CA/HI), but flagging as conditional rather than a confirmed 'yes' because I could not independently verify the specific statute text.

Reviewed CT's 2023 firearms overhaul (PA 23-53); it addresses permits and the open-carry ban but contains no private-property consent-default rule. Default governed by general criminal trespass law (Conn. Gen. Stat. 53a-107), which requires actual notice.

No Connecticut source I found (including a targeted secondary-source scan) mentions airports as a restricted or protected location, and I could not access the text of Connecticut's 2023 post-Bruen sensitive-places law (Public Act 23-53) to check its full location list directly. Connecticut's carry regime is generally more restrictive/discretionary than most 'shall issue' states, so I'm not comfortable inferring permission from silence alone here.

Connecticut requires a valid CT pistol permit (or recognized equivalent) to carry a LOADED handgun in a vehicle (Conn. Gen. Stat. §29-38). Without a permit, the gun must be unloaded, with the firearm and ammunition in locked containers; as of Oct 1, 2019 a handgun left in an unattended vehicle must be secured in the trunk, a locked safe, or a locked glovebox. I could not get a clean fetch of the official cga.ct.gov statute text (repeated TLS/404 errors), so this rests on a secondary summary rather than the raw statute — treat the general rule as solid but verify exact subsection wording before relying on edge cases.

No Connecticut statute prohibits firearms in hospitals.

Connecticut requires a pistol permit; Conn. Gen. Stat. §29-38 (weapons in vehicles) authorizes permit holders to carry in a vehicle and contains no rest-area exception. However, 2023's Public Act 23-53 added a separate 'sensitive/restricted locations' regime, and I could not retrieve the complete current text of that list (site access issues) to confirm a highway rest area/service plaza is not swept into a category such as 'state property.' I found a reference to a legislative research report specifically on 'Carrying Handguns In State Parks Or Forests,' suggesting CT treats some state-owned land specially — genuine uncertainty remains for state-run rest areas specifically, so treat as conditional pending confirmation with CT State Police.

No Connecticut statute found imposing any duty to inform law enforcement of concealed carry, proactively or if asked.

CT DESPP: "Out of state residents may apply for a non resident Connecticut State Pistol Permit. Non-residents apply directly to the Connecticut State Police" (email SLFU.OOS@ct.gov for the application packet).

Unusually permissive: Conn. Gen. Stat. §53a-217b only criminalizes school-grounds possession by someone 'knowing that such person is not licensed or privileged to do so' — confirmed via the current official statute text (also mirrored at LawServer/FindLaw/Justia) — meaning a valid Connecticut pistol permit affirmatively exempts the holder even on actual K-12 grounds. A 2026 bill (HB 5451, eff. 10/1/2026) only adds a carve-out letting POST-certified police officers carry at any time; it does not touch the general license/privilege exemption. Still worth flagging as conditional since it turns entirely on holding a valid CT (or CT-recognized) permit.

No Connecticut-specific firearm-signage criminal statute is known to me. I was unable to fetch the text of Connecticut's general trespass statutes (Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 53a-107/108) or confirm what, if anything, 2023's Public Act 23-53 changed about private-property carry, in this session.

Connecticut has no explicit statewide firearm-preemption statute. Courts have found an implied intent to preempt specifically for carrying (openly or concealed) under a state-issued permit and for firearm sales, but NOT for other topics — most municipalities still enact their own discharge ordinances and gun-store zoning rules. So a CT permit holder's carrying itself is understood as state-controlled, while other firearms regulation remains a local patchwork.

Connecticut has NO polling-place-specific firearm statute. The Secretary of State's office confirmed in 2022: 'Connecticut does not prohibit guns at polling locations but does prohibit guns on school grounds.' Because many CT polling places are sited in schools, a permit holder is barred there under the separate school-grounds felony statute (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-217b), even though there's no dedicated polling-place ban. Answer genuinely depends on whether the specific polling location is on school property.

10-round limit (C.G.S. §§ 53-202w, 53-202x). Magazines lawfully owned before Jan. 1, 2014 were grandfathered if registered with DESPP by Jan. 1, 2024; registered magazines may only be possessed at home, work (unloaded), ranges, or clubs. Currently enforced.

Connecticut's 'risk protection order'/risk warrant law (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-38c, 1999, one of the first in the nation) is law-enforcement-executed: only police may apply for the actual court warrant. A 2021 expansion (effective 2022) lets family/household members or medical professionals request that police investigate and seek an order, but they cannot petition the court directly themselves — a materially narrower/different model than a standard family-petition ERPO.

Suppressors are legal with just federal NFA compliance (no separate state permit), though using one while hunting is banned (Conn. Gen. Stat. §26-75). SBR/SBS are legal with federal compliance, but semi-automatic-configured SBRs must also satisfy Connecticut's assault-weapon feature/registration rules. Machine guns are the real state-specific restriction: Conn. Gen. Stat. §53-202 only allows machine guns possessed before April 4, 2013 and registered with DESPP by January 1, 2014 — that window is closed, so a CT resident cannot newly acquire and register a pre-1986 transferable machine gun today even with full federal Form 4 approval; only already-CT-registered guns may be transferred between CT residents.

Castle Doctrine state: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-19(b) imposes a duty to retreat with complete safety before using deadly force; § 53a-19(c) removes that duty when the actor is in their own dwelling or workplace (not the initial aggressor). No duty at home/workplace; duty to retreat applies in public if it can be done with complete safety.

Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 29-33, 29-36f-29-36i require a state permit/eligibility certificate (itself background-checked) to acquire any firearm, plus a point-of-sale check by DESPP/dealer for the transfer itself, effectively covering private sales.

Connecticut imposes no separate state permit on a federally-registered suppressor; the only added condition is a ban on using one while hunting (Conn. Gen. Stat. §26-75), which doesn't affect possession or transport.

Conn. Gen. Stat. §53-202 only allowed machine guns possessed before April 4, 2013 to be registered with DESPP by January 1, 2014 (renewed annually); that window is now closed, so a Connecticut resident cannot newly register a pre-1986 transferable machine gun today even with full federal approval -- only already-CT-registered guns may still be possessed or transferred between CT residents.

SBRs are legal with federal registration under Conn. Gen. Stat. §53-202a, but a semi-automatic-configured SBR that also meets Connecticut's assault-weapon feature test must additionally comply with the state's assault-weapon Certificate of Possession/registration regime.

SBS are exempted from Connecticut's weapons statutes once federally registered (Conn. Gen. Stat. §53a-211), with no additional state permit.

AOWs and destructive devices are lawful with federal registration and no separate CT permit; a handgun-form AOW is additionally subject to Connecticut's ordinary state pistol permit (Conn. Gen. Stat. §29-28) to carry it outside the home -- the same rule that applies to any handgun, not an NFA-specific restriction.